Other reads... 

 There are many, many writers out there and some of them are extremely well known, such as Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden etc but this part of the website isn't dedicated to them (though I particuarly enjoyed their respective Warlord trilogy and Roman series). This page is designed more with the newer or less well known authors in mind, authors that may have unintentionally eluded your notice.

I've recently bought two such books - Gordon Doherty's Legionary, and SJA Turney's Marius' Mules, The Invasion of Gaul. There's a bit about both books below and I'll add more once I've been to the next History Fair (which is the only time I get to read these days)! Other authors shall follow in due course.

LEGIONARY - GORDON DOHERTY

The Roman Empire is crumbling, and a shadow looms in the east… 

376 AD: the Eastern Roman Empire is alone against the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders. Emperor Valens juggles the paltry border defences to stave off invasion from the Goths north of the Danube. Meanwhile, in Constantinople, a pact between faith and politics spawns a lethal plot that will bring the dark and massive hordes from the east crashing down on these struggling borders.

The fates conspire to see Numerius Vitellius Pavo, enslaved as a boy after the death of his legionary father, thrust into the limitanei, the border legions, just before they are sent to recapture the long-lost eastern Kingdom of Bosporus. He is cast into the jaws of this plot, so twisted that the survival of the entire Roman world hangs in the balance…

MARIUS' MULES, THE INVASION OF GAUL - S. J. A. TURNEY

The Campaigns of Caesar

It is 58 BC and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in Northern Italy , prepare for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar.

Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar's. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of Gaul .

 Fronto is about to discover that politics can be as dangerous as battle, that old enemies can be trusted more than new friends and that standing close to such a shining figure as Caesar, even the most ethical of men risk being burned.